Details

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

151 x 200 cm

Art Fund grant:

£25,000 ( Total: £241,710; Tax remission)

Acquired in:

1992

Vendor:

Sir Christopher Beauchamp-Proctor

Wootton's compositions of country seats show a special sensitivity to the landscape gardening ideas of the time. The success of his country house portraits depended on his keen understanding of the relationship of the aristocracy to their estates.

Provenance

Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor; by descent to Sir Christopher Beauchamp-Proctor.